Joaquin is going through a most severe block phase right now. He is sooooooooooo in love with Duplos. I cannot possibly express how how important they are. These pictures show Joaquin moments after waking up yesterday morning. He arose and immediately went to go and play with his blocks. Notice the tongue sticking out of his mouth in this first one. Apparently the need for tongue out/mouth open to concentrate starts early. What does he build you ask
? Well months ago it was towers but now we build one of two things. First, a pile of blocks on a base as 'food' for the Duplo kitty. What is really entertaining is that the kitty apparently likes peaches. Joaquin will search through the blocks for an orange one and say, "Oh, peach blossom, my favorite", quoting from his favorite cartoon. Of course the line is referring to bubble bath, but still. He also builds innumerable fork lifts. They used to be extremely top heavy and very tall and very unique, but now he has the formula down. What you see him building in these pictures is the engine (yes that's what he would tell you too). This is made of the black and brown blocks (b/c duh, that's what c
olor engines are). This spans two little cars, connecting them together. Then two long pieces for the 'forks' are placed on the other ends of the cars. The most precarious part is the 'window/smokestack', which is a tower of clear blocks with a large Duplo window on top. Needless to say this falls off at the drop of a hat and frequently breaks while being attached to the forklift causing crying and hysterical fits. (We're having a fit throwing stage, joy!) To tell you just how serious Joaquin is about forklifts, I tried to use his blocks to build a bus the other day and he almost went crazy. (I was just tired of the everlasting forklifts, but I realize that was stupid of me, nobody say anything.) He literally tried to pull blocks out of my hand and was screaming at me. I had to punish him since he can't treat me like that, but mommy definitely learned a lesson too. Forklifts forever!
? Well months ago it was towers but now we build one of two things. First, a pile of blocks on a base as 'food' for the Duplo kitty. What is really entertaining is that the kitty apparently likes peaches. Joaquin will search through the blocks for an orange one and say, "Oh, peach blossom, my favorite", quoting from his favorite cartoon. Of course the line is referring to bubble bath, but still. He also builds innumerable fork lifts. They used to be extremely top heavy and very tall and very unique, but now he has the formula down. What you see him building in these pictures is the engine (yes that's what he would tell you too). This is made of the black and brown blocks (b/c duh, that's what c
olor engines are). This spans two little cars, connecting them together. Then two long pieces for the 'forks' are placed on the other ends of the cars. The most precarious part is the 'window/smokestack', which is a tower of clear blocks with a large Duplo window on top. Needless to say this falls off at the drop of a hat and frequently breaks while being attached to the forklift causing crying and hysterical fits. (We're having a fit throwing stage, joy!) To tell you just how serious Joaquin is about forklifts, I tried to use his blocks to build a bus the other day and he almost went crazy. (I was just tired of the everlasting forklifts, but I realize that was stupid of me, nobody say anything.) He literally tried to pull blocks out of my hand and was screaming at me. I had to punish him since he can't treat me like that, but mommy definitely learned a lesson too. Forklifts forever!
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